Chapter 331 A case within a case!
Chapter 331 A case within a case!
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Jia Dongming changed into his usual casual clothes in the office, rode his bicycle out of the steel rolling mill and rode towards Maoer Hutong.
Guo Hua, who was checking on the guard, saw Jia Dongming riding his bike away from the steel mill. He asked the guard curiously, "Comrade Changfeng! Does our director often leave our steel mill during working hours?"
Wu Changfeng, who was in charge of the guard duty, heard Guo Hua asking about Jia Dongming's absence from his post, and replied seriously: "Captain Guo! The director is not only the head of our security department, but also the deputy commander of the criminal investigation detachment of the Dongcheng Public Security Bureau. He is responsible for all major cases in the jurisdiction. The director left the factory at this time, so there must be a major case at the branch."
Jia Dongming rode his bicycle to Maoer Hutong and saw Zhao Gang standing at the entrance of the hutong in casual clothes. After seeing Zhao Gang, Jia Dongming stopped his bicycle in front of Zhao Gang and greeted him with a smile: "Zhao Gang! I thought you would arrive in a while, but I didn't expect you to be here faster than me."
Zhao Gang heard what Jia Dongming said and smiled as he introduced him, "Deputy Captain! If you take the main road from the police station to here, it will definitely not be as fast as you. But if you go directly through Tongluoguxiang where you live, it will be much closer."
After hearing what Zhao Gang said, Jia Dongming thought about the distance between Tongluoguxiang and Maoer Hutong, nodded in agreement, and replied, "Zhao Gang! You are right. It is indeed much closer to go through Tongluoguxiang than to take the main road."
When Zhao Gang heard what Jia Dongming said, he immediately reported to him: "Deputy Captain! When I just came here, I happened to see Li Wu and the others following Zhang Guixiang out of Maoer Hutong. There should be no one at Zhang Guixiang's house now."
When Jia Dongming heard Zhao Gang's report, he immediately said to Zhao Gang, "Zhao Gang! Since no one is at Zhang Guixiang's house, let's take this opportunity to quietly go to Zhang Guixiang's house and see if we can find some valuable clues."
When Zhao Gang heard what Jia Dongming said, he nodded subconsciously, and followed Jia Dongming, riding his bicycle towards Yard No. 24.
Yard No. 24 is a small courtyard with one entrance. When Jia Dongming saw the somewhat dilapidated yard in front of him, he did not enter the yard immediately. Instead, he used the Eagle Eye skill to scout the small courtyard in front of him.
Through his eagle eye skill, Jia Dongming saw that there were five rooms in the small courtyard in front of him, including a main house, east and west wing rooms. However, Jia Dongming found a secret room in the basement of the main house, which housed a Buddha statue that he had never seen before and had a very strange appearance.
There is an incense burner in front of the Buddha statue. Judging from the number of wooden sticks inserted in the incense burner, it is enough to show that the owner of the house goes into the basement every day to burn incense and worship Buddha.
This discovery undoubtedly proved Jia Dongming's guess in disguise, but he did not rush into the yard. Instead, he pretended to pass by the yard and used his eagle eye skills to check the surrounding houses to see if there were any accomplices of Zhang Guixiang around.
Under Zhao Gang's puzzled gaze, Jia Dongming rode his bicycle around the alley and finally returned to a place not far from Courtyard No. 24.
At this time, Jia Dongming had already confirmed that, apart from Zhang Guixiang's courtyard, there were no similar Buddha statues in the surrounding courtyards. So he parked his bicycle and said to Zhao Gang, "Zhao Gang! I will sneak into the courtyard and take a look. You stay outside. If you see Zhang Guixiang coming back, you must alert me immediately."
When Zhao Gang heard Jia Dongming's order, he immediately nodded and replied, "Deputy Captain! I understand."
In fact, Jia Dongming had already used his Eagle Eye skill to find out everything about the situation in the yard, but he had to go through the necessary formalities, otherwise how could he explain his findings in the yard?
Jia Dongming walked around the courtyard of No. 24, and after making sure that there was no one around, he climbed over the wall into the courtyard, and then walked directly towards the basement entrance of the main house.
After moving the table in the main room, Jia Dongming entered the basement very smoothly. He took a look at the strange and ferocious Buddha statue placed in the center, and then began to look for valuable clues in the basement. Soon, Jia Dongming found several books on the cabinet beside him. Jia Dongming picked up one of them, opened it and took a look. He found that the book recorded Zhang Guixiang's delivery records. It not only had the child's date of birth, but also the detailed information of the child's parents. Those children born in the solar year or the lunar year were circled by Zhang Guixiang with a pen.
Through the records in the notebook, Jia Dongming was 100% sure that Zhang Guixiang was one of the members of the beggar gang. As for their purpose in abducting these children, Jia Dongming felt that it had something to do with the Buddha statue that Zhang Guixiang worshipped.
After Jia Dongming put the notebook into the cabinet, he took another careful look at the secret room. After making sure that nothing was missing, he left the secret room and returned to the main house.
After cleaning up the traces he had left behind, Jia Dongming left the main house directly. He checked the east and west wing rooms again, and after making sure that there was nothing else to gain, he climbed over the wall and left the courtyard.
Zhao Gang, who was hiding in the dark and keeping watch, saw Jia Dongming coming out of the yard. He immediately walked up to him and asked, "Deputy Captain! Have you found any valuable clues?"
When Jia Dongming heard Zhao Gang's question, he nodded subconsciously and walked towards where the bicycles were parked.
Jia Dongming walked to his bicycle and introduced it to Zhao Gang with a serious face: "Zhao Gang! I found an underground secret room in the main house of Zhang Guixiang's house. There is a weird-looking and hideous Buddha statue enshrined in it. I also found several notebooks. The contents recorded in them are the family information of Zhang Guixiang who delivered babies over the years. If I am not mistaken, Zhang Guixiang must be one of the accomplices who kidnapped the child."
When Zhao Gang heard Jia Dongming mention the Buddha statue, he immediately asked Jia Dongming, "Deputy Captain! Can you tell me about the Buddha statue? I feel that the Buddha statue you just mentioned is very similar to the Buddha statue worshipped by the evil cult Changsheng Sect."
When Jia Dongming heard Zhao Gang mention the Changsheng Sect, he asked Zhao Gang curiously, "Zhao Gang! What kind of sect is the Changsheng Sect? How come I have never heard of it?"
"As for the Buddha statue you just mentioned, it has a total of nine hands, each holding a different weapon. Normal Buddha statues have kind faces, but the face of that Buddha statue is extremely ferocious."
After hearing what Jia Dongming said, Zhao Gang was basically able to conclude that the Buddha statue Jia Dongming was talking about was the Immortal Buddha worshipped by the Changsheng Sect.
After confirming this, Zhao Gang introduced to Jia Dongming with a serious face: "Deputy Captain! The Changsheng Sect was founded by a farmer during the Qing Dynasty. They used some folk scams and some people's greed for money to gain many followers. They reached their peak during the Republic of China."
"It is said that at that time, the Changsheng Sect had a number of fees, such as confession fees and public morality fees that every believer had to pay. In addition, in addition to common people, there were also many landlords and officials among the believers. After the establishment of our country, the Changsheng Sect was still active among the people, and there were many so-called Taoist temples."
After hearing what Zhao Gang introduced and learning the information related to the Changsheng Cult, Jia Dongming realized clearly that this case was no longer a simple case of begging and trafficking children, but involved a more serious case.
Realizing the solemn expression on Jia Dongming's face, he said to Zhao Gang in a very serious tone: "Zhao Gang! No matter how this case is finally determined, for the safety of these children, we should rush back to the branch immediately, report this matter to Director Li, and then mobilize personnel, with Zhang Guixiang as the center, to secretly investigate Zhang Guixiang's interpersonal network."
(End of this chapter)